2019 Barcelona municipal election

A municipal election was held in Barcelona on 26 May 2019 to elect the 11th City Council of the municipality. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain.

Registered1,142,444

1.6%

Turnout755,983 (66.2%)

5.6 pp

Quick facts All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona 21 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

2019 Barcelona municipal election

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All 41 seats in the City Council of Barcelona
21 seats needed for a majority

Opinion polls

Registered

1,142,444

1.6%

Turnout

755,983 (66.2%)

5.6 pp

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Ernest Maragall	Ada Colau	Jaume Collboni
Party	ERC+BCN–Nova–AM	BComú–ECG	PSC–CP
Leader since	27 October 2018	14 March 2015	5 May 2014
Last election	5 seats, 11.0%	11 seats, 25.2%	4 seats, 9.6%
Seats won	10	10	8
Seat change	5	1	4
Popular vote	161,189	156,493	138,885
Percentage	21.4%	20.7%	18.4%
Swing	10.4 pp	4.5 pp	8.8 pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Manuel Valls	Joaquim Forn^[a]	Josep Bou
Party	BCN Canvi–Cs	Junts	PP
Leader since	25 September 2018	23 January 2019	12 December 2018
Last election	5 seats, 11.1%	10 seats, 22.8%^[b]	3 seats, 8.7%
Seats won	6	5	2
Seat change	1	5	1
Popular vote	99,452	79,280	37,786
Percentage	13.2%	10.5%	5.0%
Swing	2.1 pp	12.3 pp	3.7 pp

Mayor before election

Ada Colau
BComú

Mayor after election

Ada Colau
BComú

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The contest was won by Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), which under the leadership of Ernest Maragall—brother of former Barcelona mayor and president of the Government of Catalonia Pasqual Maragall with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)—came out on top in a municipal election in Barcelona for the first time in history, as a resurgent PSC drew votes away from incumbent mayor Ada Colau's Barcelona in Common (BComú). Colau was able to retain the mayorship through an BComú—PSC alliance that received the support of Barcelona for Change (BCN Canvi) councillors under Manuel Valls, the former prime minister of France, who after his failed run at the 2017 French presidential election was nominated by the liberal Citizens (Cs) to become their mayoral candidate in his city of birth. Valls's support of Colau's investiture was based on his stated intention to prevent the pro-Catalan independence camp from securing control over Catalonia's capital city.

Together for Catalonia (JxCat), the new brand of former Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) members who had openly embraced a Catalan independence ideology following the dissolution of the Convergence and Union (CiU) federation in June 2015, fell to fifth place to a record-low 10.5% of the vote under the leadership of Joaquim Forn, the former Interior minister who was at the time at preventive detention because of his involvement in the organization of the controversial 2017 Catalan independence referendum. Concurrently, support for the People's Party (PP) plummeted even further to its worst historical showing, barely passing the five percent threshold with 5.01%, whereas the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) was expelled from the city council altogether.

Overview

Under the 1978 Constitution, the governance of municipalities in Spain—part of the country's local government system—was centered on the figure of city councils (Spanish: ayuntamientos), local corporations with independent legal personality composed of a mayor, a government council and an elected legislative assembly.^[1] The mayor was indirectly elected by the local assembly, requiring an absolute majority; otherwise, the candidate from the most-voted party automatically became mayor (ties were resolved by drawing lots).^[2] In the case of Barcelona, the top-tier administrative and governing body was the City Council of Barcelona.^[3]

Date

The term of local assemblies in Spain expired four years after the date of their previous election, with election day being fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years. The election decree was required to be issued no later than 54 days before the scheduled election date and published on the following day in the Official State Gazette (BOE).^[4] The previous local elections were held on 24 May 2015, setting the date for election day on the fourth Sunday of May four years later, which was 26 May 2019.

Local assemblies could not be dissolved before the expiration of their term, except in cases of mismanagement that seriously harmed the public interest and implied a breach of constitutional obligations, in which case the Council of Ministers could—optionally—decide to call a by-election.^[5]

Elections to the assemblies of local entities were officially called on 2 April 2019 with the publication of the corresponding decree in the BOE, setting election day for 26 May.^[6]

Electoral system

Voting for local assemblies was based on universal suffrage, comprising all Spanish nationals over 18 years of age, registered and residing in the municipality and with full political rights (provided that they had not been deprived of the right to vote by a final sentence),^[c] as well as resident non-national European citizens, and those whose country of origin allowed reciprocal voting by virtue of a treaty.^[8]

Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and closed-list proportional voting, with a five percent-threshold of valid votes (including blank ballots) in each municipality.^[9] Each municipality was a multi-member constituency, with a number of seats based on the following scale:^[10]

More information Population, Councillors ...

Population	Councillors
<100	3
101–250	5
251–1,000	7
1,001–2,000	9
2,001–5,000	11
5,001–10,000	13
10,001–20,000	17
20,001–50,000	21
50,001–100,000	25
>100,001	+1 per each 100,000 inhabitants or fraction +1 if total is an even number

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The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacant seats; instead, any vacancies arising after the proclamation of candidates and during the legislative term were filled by the next candidates on the party lists or, when required, by designated substitutes.^[11]

Outgoing council

The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the local assembly at the time of the election call.^[12]

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Parliamentary composition in April 2019
Groups		Parties		Councillors
Groups		Parties		Seats	Total
	Barcelona in Common's Municipal Group		BComú	7	11
			ICV	3
			EUiA	1
	Democratic Municipal Group		PDeCAT	7	9
	Democratic Municipal Group		INDEP	2^[d]	9
	Citizens's Municipal Group		Cs	5	5
	Republican Municipal Group		ERC	4	4
	Socialist Municipal Group		PSC	4	4
	People's Party's Municipal Group		PP	3	3
	Popular Unity Candidacy–Let's Reverse Barcelona Municipal Group		CUP	3	3
	Non-Inscrits		DC	1^[e]	2
	Non-Inscrits		INDEP	1^[f]	2

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Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, alliances and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form an alliance were required to inform the relevant electoral commission within 10 days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list. In the case of Barcelona, as its population was over 1,000,001, at least 8,000 signatures were required.^[17] Additionally, a balanced composition of men and women was required in the electoral lists, so that candidates of either sex made up at least 40 percent of the total composition.^[18]

Below is a list of the main parties and alliances which contested the election:

More information Candidacy, Parties and alliances ...

Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Previous result		Gov.	Ref.
Candidacy		Parties and alliances	Leading candidate		Ideology	Vote %	Seats	Gov.	Ref.
	BComú–ECG	List Barcelona in Common (BComú) Catalonia in Common (CatComú) – Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) – United and Alternative Left (EUiA) – Equo (Equo)		Ada Colau	Left-wing populism Participatory democracy	25.2%	11		^[19]
	Junts	List Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC)^[g] Together for Catalonia (JxCat) – National Call for the Republic (CNxR)		Joaquim Forn^[a]	Catalan independence Liberalism	22.8% ^[b]	10		^[21]
	BCN Canvi–Cs	List Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (Cs) Barcelona for Change (BCN Canvi)		Manuel Valls	Liberalism	11.0%	5		^[22] ^[23]
	ERC+BCN– Nova–AM	List Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) New (Nova)		Ernest Maragall	Catalan independence Left-wing nationalism Social democracy	11.0%	5		^[24] ^[25]
	PSC–CP	List Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC–PSOE) United to Advance (Els Units)		Jaume Collboni	Social democracy	9.6%	4		^[26] ^[27]
	PP	List People's Party (PP)		Josep Bou	Conservatism Christian democracy	8.7%	3		^[28]
	Capgirem BCN–AMunt	List Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) – Forward–Socialist Organization of National Liberation (Endavant–OSAN) – Free People (PL–PPCC) – Internationalist Struggle (LI–CI) Let's Reverse (Capgirem)		Anna Saliente	Catalan independence Anti-capitalism Socialism	7.4%	3		^[29]

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Budget

More information Parties and alliances, Budget (self-reported) ...

Parties and alliances		Budget (self-reported)^[30]
	BComú–ECG	€425,000
	PSC–CP	€416,701
	Junts	€320,000
	ERC+BCN–Nova–AM	€246,250
	Capgirem BCN–AMunt	€200,000
	BCN Canvi–Cs	€170,000
	PP	No data

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According to a report from the Catalan newspaper Diari Ara, BCN Canvi–Cs candidate Manuel Valls would have received funds from a group of businessmen to prepare the campaign, that would have included a salary of €20,000 monthly for him.^[31]^[32] Valls rejected those accusations and said all funds he received for the campaign were declared.^[33]

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font; 21 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Barcelona.

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Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls

More information Polling firm/Commissioner, Fieldwork date ...

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout													Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Turnout													Lead

2019 municipal election	26 May 2019	N/a	66.2	20.7 10	^[h]	13.2 6	21.4 10	18.4 8	5.0 2	3.9 0	1.2 0	–	–	10.5 5	3.7 0	0.7

GESOP/El Periòdico^{[p 1]}^{[p 2]}	20–26 May 2019	?	67	22.0 10/11	^[h]	11.9 5/6	22.5 10/11	16.0 7/8	3.4 0	4.5 0/2	? 0	–	–	12.4 5/6	4.5 0/2	0.5
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 3]}	22–24 May 2019	902	?	21.0 9/10	^[h]	12.5 5/6	19.0 9	15.0 7	4.0 0	6.0 2	1.3 0	–	–	13.0 6	5.9 2	2.0
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 4]}	21–23 May 2019	902	?	20.4 9	^[h]	12.5 6	20.0 9	15.0 7	4.6 0	5.3 2	1.5 0	–	–	12.9 6	5.5 2	0.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 5]}	22–23 May 2019	?	?	18.5 9	^[h]	14.0 7	22.0 11	16.6 8	4.8 0	4.8 0	2.1 0	–	–	11.8 6	4.1 0	3.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 6]}	21–22 May 2019	?	?	18.6 9	^[h]	13.9 7	21.6 11	16.6 8	4.8 0	4.6 0	2.1 0	–	–	12.3 6	4.2 0	3.0
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 7]}	20–22 May 2019	851	?	20.0 9/10	^[h]	12.2 5/6	21.1 9/10	15.4 7	5.2 2	5.0 0/2	1.8 0	–	–	12.0 5/6	4.8 0/2	1.1
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 8]}	20–21 May 2019	?	?	18.0 9	^[h]	13.8 6	21.4 10	16.7 8	5.0 2	4.2 0	2.3 0	–	–	12.4 6	4.3 0	3.4
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 9]}	18–21 May 2019	801	?	20.2 9/10	^[h]	12.5 5/6	21.5 10/11	15.5 7/8	4.9 0/2	5.0 0/2	2.5 0	–	–	11.5 5/6	4.6 0	1.3
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 10]}	17–20 May 2019	751	?	19.7 9/10	^[h]	12.3 5/6	22.3 11	16.2 8	4.7 0	5.2 2	2.5 0	–	–	10.4 5	4.4 0	2.6
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 11]}	19–20 May 2019	?	?	18.4 9	^[h]	14.0 6	21.2 10	16.8 8	5.0 2	4.2 0	2.1 0	–	–	12.1 6	4.7 0	2.8
GIPEyOP^{[p 12]}	7–20 May 2019	45	?	19.2 9	^[h]	12.1 6	23.7 11	17.8 9	4.1 0	4.1 0	2.2 0	–	–	12.4 6	–	4.5
KeyData/Público^{[p 13]}	19 May 2019	?	?	21.5 10	^[h]	13.7 6	22.9 11	16.5 7	5.2 2	4.3 0	1.9 0	–	–	10.6 5	–	1.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 14]}	16–19 May 2019	?	?	18.5 9	^[h]	13.9 7	21.1 10	16.7 8	5.1 2	4.3 0	2.2 0	–	–	11.7 5	4.6 0	2.6
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 15]}	16–18 May 2019	756	?	20.4 9/10	^[h]	12.8 5/6	21.5 10	16.8 8	4.1 0	6.1 2/3	–	–	–	11.0 5	3.8 0	1.1
Feedback/El Nacional^{[p 16]}	15–17 May 2019	800	68.2	18.9 9/10	^[h]	14.8 6/7	22.6 10/11	17.0 7/8	5.5 0/2	4.4 0/2	1.3 0	–	–	11.2 5/6	3.1 0	3.7
IMOP/El Confidencial^{[p 17]}	14–17 May 2019	819	?	21.5 10/11	^[h]	? 7	22.0 10/11	17.3 8	4.5 0/2	? 0	2.5 0	–	–	? 4	2.2 0	0.5
NC Report/La Razón^{[p 18]}^{[p 19]}	13–16 May 2019	600	?	19.0 9	^[h]	12.6 4	21.5 10	16.2 8	5.6 2	5.2 2	2.8 0	–	–	13.8 6	–	2.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 20]}	13–16 May 2019	?	?	18.4 9	^[h]	14.3 7	20.8 10	16.5 8	5.0 2	4.5 0	2.0 0	–	–	11.4 5	4.4 0	2.4
Sigma Dos/El Mundo^{[p 21]}	12–14 May 2019	500	?	20.3 9	^[h]	12.3 5/6	22.0 9/10	19.6 8/9	5.2 2	2.2 0	1.4 0	–	–	14.8 6/7	–	1.7
Feedback/El Nacional^{[p 22]}	9–14 May 2019	800	69.8	19.8 8/9	^[h]	15.2 6/7	21.0 9/10	16.4 6/7	5.3 2	4.1 0/2	–	–	–	11.6 5/6	4.1 0/2	1.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 23]}	10–13 May 2019	?	?	19.2 10	^[h]	14.4 7	21.8 11	16.7 8	4.5 0	4.1 0	2.5 0	–	–	11.3 5	3.2 0	2.6
Time Consultants/Crónica Global^{[p 24]}	3–13 May 2019	800	?	? 9/10	^[h]	9.4 4/5	28.8 12/14	? 7/8	? 0	? 0	0.5 0	–	–	9.8 5/6	4.7 0/2	?
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 25]}	7–10 May 2019	?	?	18.8 9	^[h]	14.2 7	21.2 10	17.7 9	4.6 0	4.3 0	2.3 0	–	–	12.0 6	3.6 0	2.4
GAD3/La Vanguardia^{[p 26]}	7–9 May 2019	1,034	?	22.1 10	^[h]	12.3 5/6	24.2 11	16.8 7/8	5.2 2	4.1 0	1.8 0	–	–	10.8 5	–	2.1
40dB/El País^{[p 27]}^{[p 28]}	3–8 May 2019	800	?	20.1 9/10	^[h]	12.3 6	22.6 11	15.2 7/8	4.7 0/2	3.9 0	–	–	–	11.5 5/6	–	2.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 29]}	4–7 May 2019	?	?	18.7 9	^[h]	14.5 7	21.4 11	18.3 9	4.3 0	4.2 0	2.3 0	–	–	11.0 5	3.7 0	2.7
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 30]}	1–4 May 2019	803	?	20.0 9/10	^[h]	13.1 6	22.5 11	16.6 8	4.6 0/2	4.0 0	–	–	–	12.0 5/6	3.5 0	2.5
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 31]}	29 Apr–4 May 2019	?	?	18.5 9	^[h]	14.8 7	21.1 11	18.4 9	4.4 0	4.4 0	2.0 0	–	–	10.7 5	3.8 0	2.6
Feedback/El Nacional^{[p 32]}	29 Apr–2 May 2019	800	72.1	19.6 9	^[h]	15.9 7	20.8 10	18.0 8	6.7 3	3.2 0	–	–	–	9.1 4	3.7 0	1.2
April 2019 general election	28 Apr 2019	N/a	78.3	16.3 (7)	^[h]	11.7 (5)	23.1 (11)	22.8 (11)	6.2 (2)	3.3 (0)	3.4 (0)	–	–	10.9 (5)	–	0.3
CIS^{[p 33]}^{[p 34]}	21 Mar–23 Apr 2019	782	?	23.0 10/11	^[h]	11.9 5/6	22.9 9/11	12.9 6/7	6.0 2/3	5.3 2	1.9 0	–	–	11.2 5/7	–	0.1
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 35]}	31 Mar–7 Apr 2019	?	?	16.6 8	^[h]	14.3 7	22.2 11	15.3 7	4.7 0	6.1 3	2.3 0	–	–	11.9 5	4.9 0	5.6
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 36]}	24–31 Mar 2019	?	?	16.4 8	^[h]	14.8 7	22.0 11	15.4 7	4.6 0	6.0 3	2.3 0	–	–	11.9 5	4.7 0	5.6
CES/Metrópoli Abierta^{[p 37]}	21–28 Mar 2019	800	?	20.4 9	^[h]	10.8 5	23.8 11	16.6 7	4.5 0	6.6 3	–	–	–	13.8 6	–	3.4
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 38]}	17–24 Mar 2019	?	?	16.3 8	^[h]	14.5 7	22.5 11	15.8 7	4.7 0	5.6 2	2.3 0	–	–	11.9 6	4.1 0	6.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 39]}	10–17 Mar 2019	?	?	16.7 8	^[h]	13.7 6	22.9 11	15.1 7	4.8 0	6.0 3	2.7 0	–	–	12.4 6	3.8 0	6.2
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 40]}	3–10 Mar 2019	?	?	16.9 8	^[h]	14.3 7	22.8 11	14.9 7	4.7 0	5.8 2	2.7 0	–	–	12.3 6	3.6 0	5.9
ElectoPanel/Electomanía^{[p 41]}	22 Feb–3 Mar 2019	?	?	17.0 8	^[h]	14.4 7	22.9 11	14.6 7	4.7 0	6.0 2	2.9 0	–	–	12.6 6	2.9 0	5.9
Time Consultants/Crónica Global^{[p 42]}	23 Feb 2019	?	?	19.4 9	^[h]	13.3 6	25.6 12	13.6 6	4.6 0	6.6 3	–	–	–	11.6 5	–	6.2
Feedback/El Nacional^{[p 43]}	18–21 Feb 2019	800	66.4	15.4 7	^[h]	16.5 7/8	20.9 10	16.2 7	5.1 2	5.6 2	–	–	–	11.9 5	4.1 0/1	4.4
ERC^{[p 44]}	10 Feb 2019	?	?	? 8/9	^[h]	? 8	? 9	? 5/6	? 0	? 3	? 2	–	–	? 5	–	?
Convergents^{[p 45]}	19 Nov–12 Dec 2018	400	?	16.8 8	? 4	? 6	? 11	17.5 8	? 0	? 2	–	–	–	–	–	?
Time Consultants/Crónica Global^{[p 46]}	20–29 Nov 2018	800	?	17.8 8	9.9 4	15.0 7	26.6 13	16.0 7	3.3 0	6.0 2	–	–	–	–	2.9 0	8.8
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 47]}	2–4 Oct 2018	802	?	19.5 8/9	11.5 5	15.5 7	23.5 10/11	13.5 6	4.0 0	8.0 3/4	–	–	–	–	–	4.0
GAD3/La Vanguardia^{[p 48]}	4–7 Jun 2018	803	?	21.8 10/11	11.4 5	19.9 9/10	17.6 8	15.4 7	4.1 0	5.0 0/2	–	–	–	–	–	1.9
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 49]}	14–16 May 2018	800	?	20.9 9/10	13.7 6	18.0 8/9	18.0 8/9	11.6 5	4.0 0	9.4 4	–	–	–	–	–	2.9
Time Consultants/Crónica Global^{[p 50]}^{[p 51]}	18–27 Apr 2018	800	?	17.3 8	17.7 8	17.5 8	21.0 9	13.3 6	2.7 0	8.1 2	–	–	–	–	–	3.3
2017 regional election	21 Dec 2017	N/a	81.6	9.3 (4)	^[h]	24.0 (10)	20.9 (9)	14.5 (6)	5.0 (2)	5.3 (2)	–	–	–	19.6 (8)	–	3.1
NC Report/La Razón^{[p 52]}^{[p 53]}	13–18 Nov 2017	600	56.7	17.6 8	13.3 6	17.4 8	19.3 8	14.9 6	7.6 3	6.2 2	–	–	–	–	–	1.7
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 54]}^{[p 55]}	15–18 May 2017	800	?	27.5 12	13.5 6	11.5 5	17.0 8	11.9 5	8.0 3	5.3 2	–	–	–	–	–	10.5
2016 general election	26 Jun 2016	N/a	67.6	25.7 (11)	13.5 (6)	11.3 (5)	17.4 (7)	14.1 (6)	15.2 (6)	–	–	–	–	–	–	8.3
NC Report/La Razón^{[p 56]}	29 May 2016	?	?	22.6 10	19.2 8	13.4 6	12.7 5	11.3 5	9.1 4	7.9 3	–	–	–	–	–	3.4
2015 general election	20 Dec 2015	N/a	72.3	26.6 (12)	14.5 (6)	13.1 (6)	15.2 (6)	13.2 (6)	12.7 (5)	–	–	–	–	–	–	10.4
2015 regional election	27 Sep 2015	N/a	77.1	–	^[i]	17.7 (8)	^[i]	11.5 (5)	9.2 (4)	10.0 (4)	–	37.2 (16)	9.8 (4)	–	–	19.5
NC Report/La Razón^{[p 57]}^{[p 58]}	26 Jul–8 Aug 2015	900	52.3	20.9 10	17.5 8	14.3 6	11.1 5	10.9 5	8.2 3	9.5 4	–	–	–	–	–	3.4

2015 municipal election	24 May 2015	N/a	60.6	25.2 11	22.8 10	11.0 5	11.0 5	9.6 4	8.7 3	7.4 3	0.2 0	–	–	–	–	2.4

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size													?	N	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size													?	N	Lead

2019 municipal election	26 May 2019	N/a	13.7	^[h]	8.7	14.1	12.2	3.3	2.6	0.8	–	–	6.9	2.5	N/a	33.8	0.4

GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 3]}	22–24 May 2019	902	20.6	^[h]	5.6	14.8	12.7	1.0	4.3	0.6	–	–	7.3	4.2	28.0		5.8
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 4]}	21–23 May 2019	902	20.3	^[h]	6.4	17.0	12.0	1.2	3.5	0.8	–	–	7.3	4.3	26.5		3.3
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 7]}	20–22 May 2019	851	20.4	^[h]	6.8	17.8	13.4	1.6	3.0	1.0	–	–	5.9	3.3	26.1		2.6
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 9]}	18–21 May 2019	801	19.3	^[h]	7.2	19.0	13.4	1.7	2.5	1.1	–	–	6.4	3.0	26.1		0.3
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 10]}	17–20 May 2019	751	18.2	^[h]	6.7	18.6	14.5	1.5	2.3	0.9	–	–	5.4	2.8	29.0		0.4
GAD3/La Vanguardia^{[p 59]}	7–9 May 2019	1,034	18.7	^[h]	6.8	25.3	15.5	2.3	3.0	–	–	–	5.1	–	–	–	6.6
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 30]}	1–4 May 2019	803	15.5	^[h]	6.3	18.1	14.1	1.2	1.6	–	–	–	3.8	2.1	31.9	3.5	2.6
April 2019 general election^[j]	28 Apr 2019	N/a	12.7	^[h]	9.1	18.0	17.8	4.8	2.6	2.6	–	–	8.5	–	N/a	21.7	0.2
CIS^{[p 33]}	21 Mar–23 Apr 2019	782	15.1	^[h]	5.0	15.3	9.5	2.2	3.2	0.8	–	–	4.5	–	36.7	5.8	0.2
ODEC/City Council^{[p 60]}	4–14 Jun 2018	800	16.2	5.6	5.2	12.4	6.1	0.6	3.6	–	–	–	–	–	42.4	6.6	3.8
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 49]}	14–16 May 2018	800	16.0	4.4	10.5	13.8	7.4	1.5	4.5	–	–	–	–	–	34.1	3.8	2.2
2017 regional election^[j]	21 Dec 2017	N/a	7.6	^[h]	19.5	17.0	11.8	4.1	4.3	–	–	–	15.9	–	N/a	18.4	2.5
GESOP/City Council^{[p 61]}	23 Nov–4 Dec 2017	800	16.3	5.8	6.4	16.5	9.3	1.0	3.6	–	–	–	–	–	32.8	5.5	0.2
GESOP/City Council^{[p 62]}	25 May–7 Jun 2017	812	15.7	5.9	5.9	14.5	6.0	1.2	2.4	–	–	–	–	–	34.1	10.0	1.2
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 54]}	15–18 May 2017	800	16.5	6.1	4.9	13.0	6.9	2.9	2.9	–	–	–	–	–	32.1	8.1	3.5
DYM/City Council^{[p 63]}	21 Nov–9 Dec 2016	800	15.1	5.8	4.4	11.9	5.0	1.3	2.9	–	–	–	–	–	40.0	10.8	3.2
2016 general election^[j]	26 Jun 2016	N/a	17.3	9.1	7.6	11.7	9.5	10.2	–	–	–	–	–	–	N/a	32.4	5.6
DYM/City Council^{[p 64]}	17–25 May 2016	800	17.9	8.5	4.4	12.3	5.5	1.6	3.8	–	–	–	–	–	33.8	9.4	5.6
2015 general election^[j]	20 Dec 2015	N/a	19.1	10.5	9.4	10.9	9.5	9.1	–	–	–	–	–	–	N/a	27.7	8.2
IEP–DEP/City Council^{[p 65]}	24 Nov–4 Dec 2015	800	15.6	9.0	8.8	10.6	6.3	2.6	3.0	–	–	–	–	–	34.2	7.6	5.0
2015 regional election^[j]	27 Sep 2015	N/a	–	^[i]	13.6	^[i]	8.8	7.0	7.7	–	28.6	7.5	–	–	N/a	22.9	15.0

2015 municipal election	24 May 2015	N/a	15.2	13.7	6.7	6.6	5.8	5.3	4.5	0.1	–	–	–	–	N/a	39.4	1.5

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Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a municipal election taking place.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size								Other/ None	?	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size								Other/ None	?	Lead
GAD3/La Vanguardia^{[p 66]}	4–7 Jun 2018	803	23.9	8.7	18.0	9.9	5.7	0.9	0.6	0.4	31.8	5.9

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Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a municipal election taking place.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size									Other/ None	?	Lead
Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size									Other/ None	?	Lead
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 3]}	22–24 May 2019	902	30.1	–	32.8	7.0	–	–	–	–	3.0	27.0	2.7
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 4]}	21–23 May 2019	902	30.5	–	35.0	6.2	–	–	–	–	3.0	25.2	4.5
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 7]}	20–22 May 2019	851	33.3	–	33.1	6.6	–	–	–	–	3.0	23.9	0.2
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 7]}	18–21 May 2019	801	30.8	–	35.4	6.6	–	–	–	–	3.3	23.9	4.5
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 7]}	17–20 May 2019	751	29.0	–	34.9	7.8	–	–	–	–	3.3	25.1	5.9
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 7]}	16–18 May 2019	756	26.7	–	38.6	6.9	–	–	–	–	3.0	24.7	11.9
GAD3/La Vanguardia^{[p 59]}	7–9 May 2019	1,034	13.9	1.2	41.8	15.4	0.9	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.5	24.9	26.4

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Preferred Mayor

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become mayor of Barcelona.

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Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size										Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead

			Colau BComú	Valls Cs	Maragall ERC	Collboni PSC	Bou PP	Saliente CUP	Forn Junts	Elsa Artadi Junts	Graupera BCAP
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 3]}	22–24 May 2019	902	26.7	8.2	16.9	11.5	–	–	–	7.4	–	–	–	9.8
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 4]}	21–23 May 2019	902	25.9	7.9	19.3	10.4	–	–	–	7.1	–	–	–	6.6
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 7]}	20–22 May 2019	851	27.0	7.0	19.6	11.4	–	–	–	6.6	–	–	–	7.4
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 9]}	18–21 May 2019	801	25.5	7.5	21.7	11.4	2.3	1.9	–	6.6	4.7	4.3	14.0	3.8
GESOP/El Periòdic^{[p 10]}	17–20 May 2019	751	25.5	8.6	21.0	12.0	2.4	2.4	–	5.6	4.8	4.0	13.5	4.5
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 15]}	16–18 May 2019	756	24.9	10.2	20.8	11.9	–	–	–	5.8	–	–	–	4.1
IMOP/El Confidencial^{[p 17]}	14–17 May 2019	819	26.0	10.7	17.6	10.5	–	–	6.1	–	–	–	–	8.4
GESOP/El Periódico^{[p 67]}	1–4 May 2019	803	24.5	9.1	18.3	8.9	1.2	1.8	7.8	–	4.5	3.5	20.4	5.9

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Results

More information Parties and alliances, Popular vote ...

← Summary of the 26 May 2019 City Council of Barcelona election results →
Parties and alliances		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and alliances		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	ERC–Mayor Ernest Maragall+BCN–Nova–AM (ERC+BCN–Nova–AM)	161,189	21.37	+10.36	10	+5
	Barcelona in Common–In Common We Win (BComú–ECG)	156,493	20.74	−4.47	10	−1
	PSC–Commitment to Barcelona–United–Progress Candidacy (PSC–CP)	138,885	18.41	+8.78	8	+4
	Barcelona for Change–Citizens (BCN Canvi–Cs)¹	99,452	13.18	+2.15	6	+1
	Together (Junts)²	79,280	10.51	−12.24	5	−5
	People's Party (PP)	37,786	5.01	−3.70	2	−1

	CUP–Let's Reverse Barcelona–Municipalist Alternative (Capgirem BCN–AMunt)	29,318	3.89	−3.53	0	−3
	Barcelona is Capital–Primaries (BCAP–Primàries)	28,253	3.74	New	0	±0
	Vox (Vox)	8,751	1.16	+0.94	0	±0
	Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA)	6,181	0.82	±0.00	0	±0
	The Eco-pacifist Greens (EVEP)	1,891	0.25	New	0	±0
	Citizen Force (FC's)	1,197	0.16	New	0	±0
	United and Socialists+ for Democracy (Unidos SI–DEF)	501	0.07	New	0	±0
	Blank Seats (EB)	432	0.06	−0.22	0	±0
	Convergents (CNV)	379	0.05	New	0	±0
	Communist Party of the Catalan People (PCPC)	373	0.05	−0.04	0	±0
	European Retirees Social Democratic Party (PDSJE)	313	0.04	New	0	±0
	Act (PACT)	303	0.04	New	0	±0
	Family and Life Party (PFiV)	215	0.03	New	0	±0
	For a Fairer World (PUM+J)	195	0.03	New	0	±0
	Libertarian Party (P–LIB)	144	0.02	−0.02	0	±0
	Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE de las JONS)	132	0.02	−0.05	0	±0
	dCIDE (Of Spanish Centre-Left) (dCIDE)	93	0.01	New	0	±0
	We, Party of Social Regeneration (NPRS)	47	0.01	New	0	±0
	Barcelona is you (BCN ets tú)	5	0.00	New	0	±0
Blank ballots		2,635	0.35	−0.56

Total		754,443			41	±0

Valid votes		754,443	99.80	+0.24
Invalid votes		1,540	0.20	−0.24
Votes cast / turnout		755,983	66.17	+5.58
Abstentions		386,461	33.83	−5.58
Registered voters		1,142,444

Sources^[12]^[34]^[35]^[36]
Footnotes: ¹ Barcelona for Change–Citizens results are compared to Citizens–Party of the Citizenry totals in the 2015 election. ² Together results are compared to Convergence and Union totals in the 2015 election.

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Popular vote

ERC–Nova–AM			21.37%
BComú–ECG			20.74%
PSC–CP			18.41%
BCN Canvi–Cs			13.18%
Junts			10.51%
PP			5.01%
Capgirem BCN			3.89%
BCAP–Primàries			3.74%
Vox			1.16%
Others			1.64%
Blank ballots			0.35%

Seats

ERC–Nova–AM			24.39%
BComú–ECG			24.39%
PSC–CP			19.51%
BCN Canvi–Cs			14.63%
Junts			12.20%
PP			4.88%

Aftermath

Government formation

More information Ballot →, 15 June 2019 ...

Ballot →		15 June 2019
Investiture
Required majority →		21 out of 41
	Ada Colau (BComú) • BComú (10) • PSC (8) • BCN Canvi (2) • Cs (1)	21 / 41	Y
	Ernest Maragall (ERC) • ERC (10) • JxCat (5)	15 / 41	N
	Josep Bou (PP) • PP (2)	2 / 41	N
	Abstentions/Blank ballots • Cs (3)	3 / 41
	Absentees	0 / 41
Sources^[12]^[37]

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Notes

[a]
In preventive detention in Lledoners (Barcelona) at the time of the election.
[b]
Results for CiU in the 2015 election.
[c]
Amendments in 2018 granted the right to vote to those legally incapacitated.^[7]
[d]
Raimond Blasi and Sònia Recasens, former unio.cat councillors.^[13]^[14]
[e]
Gerard Ardanuy, former UDC councillor.^[15]
[f]
Juanjo Puigcorbé, former ERC councillor.^[16]
[g]
CDC was registered as an independent member within the alliance in order to allow its successor party, the PDeCAT, to be guaranteed CDC's public funding and electoral rights for the campaign.^[20]
[h]
Within JxCat.
[i]
Within JxSí.
[j]
Does not include non-resident citizens.

2019 Barcelona municipal election

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